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7.5 Configuring SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX in the PCS 7 network
7.5.1 Overview of configuration tasks
Introduction
If you integrate the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX station in an existing PCS 7 system, you connect
the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX station to the plant bus and terminal bus.
This configuration has the following additional special features:
● The time of day on the AS and OS within the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX station can be
synchronized on the plant bus using a system clock such as SICLOCK TC 400.
● The AS in the PCS 7 network can communicate with the CPU within the SIMATIC PCS 7
BOX station.
Requirements
● The PC stations (engineering station and SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX) are connected via an
administered Windows network.
● The following software is installed on the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX:
– Operating system
– PCS 7
– Software package WinAC RTX with controller
Overview
The following configuration steps are performed in order to commission SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX
in the PCS 7 network:
Step What?
1 Selecting the network adapter in SIMATIC Shell (Page 73)
2 Expanding the PCS 7 project to include a SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX station (Page 74)
3 Renaming the SIMATIC PC station (Page 75)
4 Editing the hardware configuration of the BOX PC (Page 76)
5 Setting the access point on the BOX PC (Page 77)
6 Configuring NetPro for SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX in the PCS 7 network (Page 78)
7 Configuring the Station Configuration Editor (Page 80)
8 Configuring and downloading the BOX PC (Page 81)
Commissioning and configuration of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX
7.5 Configuring SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX in the PCS 7 network
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